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Sven Beckert
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Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, and global history. With Christine A. Desan, he is the co-director of the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. .. more

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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 1d
On this day in 1759, 267 years ago, the radical abolitionist Benjamin Lay passed away at age 77. A hundred years before William Lloyd Garrison, Lay called for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery worldwide, with no payments to enslavers. Let us remember him. Art by Marco Lorenzetti.

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you, Ralph Nader, for this conversation on Capitalism: A Global History
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The History of Capitalism
Capitalism as an economic system has been around in various forms for over a thousand years and according to our featured guest this week, it keeps evolving.
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 2d
Happy to say, *The Many-Headed Hydra* (written with Peter Linebaugh, 2000), will appear soon in Greek, courtesy of Editions des Etrangers in Thessaloniki, “coming home” to the original source of the myth. David Brion Davis tried to murder the book but failed. This is its 12th language.

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Ashley Blewer @ashleyblewer.com · 6d
this 42 hour audiobook on capitalism is a no-skips listen
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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 7d
🌍🎙️ Capitalism as a global story

In episode 2 of Meet a Historian, Harvard Prof. @svenbeckert.bsky.social is joined by researchers Thomas Sørensen and Arina Fedorova to speak about his latest book and the necessity of writing about capitalism from a global perspective.

🎧 Listen it ➡️ loom.ly/Jv2Eiik

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 11d
And more on Capitalism: A Global History

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Sven Beckert CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
“WHO CONTROLS THE PAST CONTROLS THE FUTURE, WHO CONTROLS THE PRESENT CONTROLS THE PAST.” George Orwell, 1984. We first interviewed Harvard University’s Laird Bell Professor of History, …
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Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 13d
I am delighted that this fascinating and enjoyable conversation with Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social
has posted. Sven is the author of the monumental (in many senses) Capitalism: A Global History, which was published last year.
ucstonecenter.bsky.social UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 13d
What can the history of global capitalism reveal about today’s rising inequality? On this week’s Inequality Podcast, @svenbeckert.bsky.social joins @durlauf.bsky.social to trace capitalism’s rise to its expected demise.
🎧 Listen → bit.ly/45vFkaP

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 13d
Nice review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9780063484320

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UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 13d
What can the history of global capitalism reveal about today’s rising inequality? On this week’s Inequality Podcast, @svenbeckert.bsky.social joins @durlauf.bsky.social to trace capitalism’s rise to its expected demise.
🎧 Listen → bit.ly/45vFkaP

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 13d
willkommen auf der welt

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14d
Have you always wanted to listen to a conversation between @svenbeckert.bsky.social and myself about his new book?

Well, now you can, thanks to @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social #RhodesCenter podcast!
A global history of capitalism
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
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der Freitag @freitag.de · 14d
Harvard-Professor Sven Beckert erzählt, welch alter Hut der Kapitalismus in Wahrheit ist – schon bei Balzac begegnen wir den Vorläufern der Klickökonomie. Fünf Lektionen über den Kapitalismus, die in Büchern aus drei Jahrhunderten stecken (F+)
Um den Kapitalismus zu verstehen, müssen Sie diese fünf Bücher kennen
Harvard-Professor Sven Beckert erzählt, welch alter Hut der Kapitalismus in Wahrheit ist – schon bei Balzac begegnen wir den Vorläufern der Klickökonomie. Fünf Lektionen über den Kapitalismus, die in…
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Reposted by Sven T. Beckert

Reposted by Sven T. Beckert

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Elzo @elzoblu.bsky.social · 16d
Maravillosa reseña del libro de Sven Beckert: una historia extraordinaria del sistema económico que controla nuestras vidas: «Ninguna religión, ideología ni filosofía ha sido jamás que abarque como la lógica económica del capitalismo» www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives
The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account
www.theguardian.com

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 16d
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Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Allen Lane, 2025) - New Books Network
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 17d
A review of Sven Beckert’s Capitalism. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy, has ever been as all-encompassing as the economic logic of capitalism,’ Beckert claims, defining it as ‘the ceaseless accumulation of privately controlled capital.’” [theguardian.com]
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives
The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account
www.theguardian.com

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anlomedad @anlomedad.bsky.social · 17d
Feine Rezension von Kapitalismus von Sven Beckert. Dass er die Ölkrisen in den 70+80ern gar nicht im ZusHang mit der Durchsetzung des Neoliberalismus sieht, fiel mir im 2h-Gespräch mit Tilo auch auf. Ne Denklücke? Krisen sind doch👍für Rollgriff in Pleitefirmen u machen reiche Psychopaten mächtiger
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